Barney (film)

Barney is a 1976 Australian film for children set during the convict era. A 12yearold boy and a convict are shipwrecked together.

In the 1880s, a small boy called Barney, a wombat called Amanda and an Irish convict called Rafe are the sole survivors of a shipwreck. They head off to Ballarat together to find Barneys father. On the way two gypsy woman drug Rafe and try to steal Barneys money. Rafe is wrongly accused of horse theft and his imprisoned by Barney helps him scape. Barney is eventually reunited with his father.The budget was provided by Columbia Pictures and Australian Film Commission. Shooting began in May 1976 on the New South Wales coast and at the Australiana village at Wilberforce. ........

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